Background

Ms. Arcilia C. Acosta serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carcon Industries & Construction, specializing in commercial, institutional and transportation design and build construction. Ms. Acosta is the Founder of Southwestern Testing Laboratories, L.L.C and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and President. She has been a Manager of Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC., since April 2012. She serves as Chief Executive Officer and Controlling ... Principal of STL Engineers. She also serves on the National Board of Advisors for BBVA / Compass Bank. Ms. Acosta has been a Director of Energy Future Holdings Corp. since May 15, 2008. She has been Director of Viewpoint Bank, National Association since June 14, 2013. She has been a Director of LegacyTexas Financial Group Inc. (formerly, ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc) since January 1, 2015 and LegacyTexas Bank (formerly, Viewpoint Bank, N.A) since 2013. She served as Director of LegacyTexas Financial Group Inc., since June 2013. She serves as Chair of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce. She served as Chair of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the National Women's Energy Network. Ms. Acosta is a board member of The Dallas Citizens Council, the University of Texas Southwestern Board of Visitors, the Texas Tech Alumni Association and the Dallas Education Foundation. She serves on the Board of State Board of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. Ms. Acosta has been awarded the “Texas Hispanic Business Woman of the Year” and received the “National AFLAC Civic Award” in 2007. In May 2008, she was recognized as one of the “Most Influential and Powerful Women in Texas” by Texas Diversity Magazine. In 2009, she was awarded the “Texas Diversity First Award” by Texas Diversity Magazine. This same year in July, the Dallas Business Journal named her one of the “Top 25 Women Change Makers”. In April 2010, she was named one of the “Most Influential and Powerful Women of Texas” for the second time in the past two years. She was honored for her leadership in the community with the “Multicultural Leadership Award” by the Texas Diversity Council. Ms. Acosta is a graduate of Texas Tech University and the Harvard Business School Corporate Governance Program.

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